The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 30, 1911, Page 3, Image 3
LETTER TO BRICE.
1m Which Felder Scores Blease Hot
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and Heavy.
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Hon. J. S. Brice, Attorney at Law,
Yorkville, S. C.
My Dear Mr. Brice: I own receipt
of your valued favor of the 16th inst.
1 congratulate you most heartily
upon the fact that the governor of
k your State has recognized that you
JH and your associates of the windingup
commission are gentlemen of un
sullied reputation and irreproachable
character and has testified
L thereto by decorating you with a
R badge of honor. I feel that the unselfish,
patriotic and distinguished
services rendered your State in connection
with the winding up of the
affairs of the late lamented dispensary
fully entitle you to the very
great reward which you have received
at his hands. You would be unX.
true to yourself if you did not preserve
sacredly the written document
which evidences your dismissal from
the commission, to be handed down
te your children's children as a prize
^Wf inestimable value.
When the history of the great services
which you and your associates
have rendered the State, the sacrif;
flees which you have made in conC
section with tfee thankless position
irom wmcn vuu n<xv c ltccu uiouhdovu,
p.; to made known, as it shall he, and
that, too, in the not distant future,
I feel sure that you and each of your
associates will receive from a grateP>:
ful, though outraged people the welcome
paludit, "Well done, thou good
and faithful servants."
p Yes, the time will come, and that
jp. .too, very soon, when the people of
South Carolina will be made familiar
with the motives and purposes which
\ have prompted the governor of the
State of South Carolina to do the
things which he has done, in his mad,
insane and misguided efforts to shield
his associates of the plunderbund
from merited punishment.
He has done nothing which has
surprised me. I knew when he was
a candidate for office; when he was
elected ana wnen ne was mauguiatt
ed, that he would "leave no stone unturned"
to shield and protect the
criminals of the State of South Car lina,
with whom he was on terms of j
professional, political and personal j
intimacy, and his prostitution of the
great office which he disgraces to the
service of these people is hut the redemption
of pre-election pledges
* made by him, which were based not
nly upon a good, but a valuable conIsideration.
Indeed, the obligation that he is
under antedates his candidacy for
the governorship, being coeval with
the inauguration of the dispensary
system in the State of South Carolina.
During its existence his relation
to this institution and the men
who have conducted it, personally,
politically and professionally, have
"been of such a character that the
course that he has pursued in relation
to them since his elevation to
the governorship has been absolutely
| unavoidable, and can be explained
- mpon the theory that "The ox knoweth
his owner and the ass his masIV
ter's crib."
'
I see that he is further gratifying
& his malevolence by slurring your disf
tinguished and faithful attorney gen
(' erai, my iaw liim, lu^ aasuvia ivo auu |
myself. It is passing strange that
this creature who has been, by fraud,
accident or mistake, or a combination
of the trio, elevated to the chief
magistracy of a once glorious State,
who personally is sans the instincts
of a gentleihan, professionally the
ethics and attributes of a lawyer, and
who politically is a hireling scaven.
ger of filth and falsehood, recreant j
to every principle of honor and lost
to every sense of propriety, should essay
to slander and befoul gentlemen, j
"the latches of whose shoes he is,
unworthy to fasten."
I shall await (I fear in vain) the
appointment of the investigating committee
that he demanded, to reply to
so much of his recent message as relates
to me, the absurdity and falsity
of which is abundantly established
hy the fact that during the four
years of my activities in the prosecu
tion of your governor's associates,
K? not
a word has been uttered before
the insinuations made touching the
' matter referred to by him. When
the time comes for action, as come it
must, I would have it understood
that in my treatment of your governor
I shall act strictly upon the advice
of the late lamented Rev. Sam
P. Jones, given in a notable sermon
preached by him to his congregation,
i to-wit: "If you shave a gentleman,!
use a razor; if you shave a hog, use
R'-. a brick."
K Assuring you of my very high regard,
believe me,
Yours very truly,
THOMAS B. FELDER.
if Not a Word of Scandal
marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs.
W. P. Spangh, of Manville, Wyo.,
who said: "she told me Dr. King's
New Life Pills had cured her of obstinate
kidney trouble, and made her
feel like a new woman." Easy, but
sure remedy for stomach, liver and
, kidney troubles. Only 25c. at Peof
pies Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
FOOL FRIENDS, SAYS GOVERNOR
Writes Another Letter to Magistrate
Who Holds Job.
Greenwood, March 23.?There has
been some rather peppery developments
over the question of who is
magistrate in and for the town of
Greenwood. Yesterday morning
Judge W. H. Kerr received the following
letter from the executive department:
"Mr. W. H. Kerr,
"Greenwood, S. C.
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jL>t;ar oir:
"I am informed that you continue
to act as magistrate. I have already
advised you that your commission
has been revoked, and while I had
hoped that you would gracefully re- .
tire, I now repeat to you that you
are hereby removed from the office
of magistrate for neglect of duty,
having failed and refused to make
your monthly statement in writing
to the auditor and treasurer of the
county of Greenwood; and, further
act or acts on your part, as a magistrate,
will be dealt with in accordance
with law, and I request that
you turn your books over to your
successor, J. W. Canfield. I call
your attention to sections Nos. 409
and 982 of our criminal code. I
had hoped that you would retire
gracefully, but it seems you are allowing
yourself to be made a dupe
of by some of your fool ^friends and
my enemies. COLE L. BLEASE,
"Governor."
In commenting on the letter Judge
Kerr says that it has not yet thundered
loud enough for him to turn
loose. He says the caused assigned
is one that will include every magistrate
in the county and also the
sheriff and clerk of court. The law
requires these officers, as well as
magistrate, to make monthly reports
and none of them have ever done so.
At best, or worst, rather, Judge Kerr
says his class can be suspended.
From the tone of the governor's letter
he has not changed his mind
| about standing by his appointment
and 'as the judge says he is of his
same opinion still, there will likely
be some doings yet.
Race Question Enters Strike.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23.?
Setting out the reasons for the strike
of firemen on the Cincinnati Southern
railway, the general committee
I of the strikers to-day issued a statement
in which they declare that the
race question is the only thing that
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figures in tne trouDie, aeciarmg mat
the management of the railroad
broke its contract with the brotherhood
in placing negro firemen on
preferred runs. They say that the
contract was signed July.l, 1910,
giving white firemen preference as
to "work, runs and promotion;" that
the contract was broken in November,
1910, but that when the attention
of the superintendent was called
to the violation the negro who
had been promoted was taken from
the preferred run and a white man
put in his place.
The statement concludes as follows:
"Tne wnite nremen lerx me service
of the company on March 11,
1911, and the strike is still in effect,
and it is a fight to v secure to
young white men of the South an opportunity
of following the occupation
of locomotive firemen without
being compelled to go North or West
to secure employment."
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Strange Attack on Woman.
Charleston, March 22.?An air of
mystery attends the gagging and
binding of Mrs. J. E. Truluck, who
was found in this condition at her
residence on Meeting street last night
by her husband upon his return
home about 9 o'clock. The young
woman says she was surprised in
her room in the afternoon and secured
so firmly by the negro that she
was unable to cry or get assistance
until her husband reached home.
The rooms which they occupied are
on a popular thoroughfare and any
sort of a call should have brought
prompt help. The negro is said to
have made off with two rings. Barring
her shock, Mrs. Truluck was not
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otnerwise narmea. rne case was noi
reported to the police until two
hours after it had occurred. The
detectives are hopeful of capturing
the negro.
State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas
county.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the city of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of one hundred dollars for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
an dacts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toleda, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
BETTER DEPOTS FOR BARNWELL
Southern and Coast Line Assure Citizens
of Improved Facilities.
Barnwell, March 24.?That the
Southern Railway company would!
build a new passenger station and
that the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
company would remodel and enlarge
its present building at Barn-|
well was practically assured at a j
meeting of the railroad officials, the
railroad commissioners and the citi-i
"onf rwf fVio tnwn VipM here vpst.er-1
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day.
H. A. Williams division superintendent
of the Southern Railway,
and W. H. Newell, general superintendent
of the Atlantic Ooast Line
Railroad, with their secretaries representing
the railroads, and John G.
Richards and G. McDuffie Hampton
and T. B. Lumpkin, secretary of the
commission, with Miss Moore, stenographer
for the commission, were
met at the depot upon their arrival
here by a committee composed of the
following citizens, representing the
town of Barnwell: Col. Harry D.
Calhoun, the Rev. W. J. Snyder, Dr.
R. C. Kirkland, P. M. Buckingham,
T. S. Cave, S. L. Easterling, W. J.
Lemon, J. E. Davis, J. A. Porter and
R. Boyd Cole.
The party first inspected the condition
of the Southern Railway der
pot, going from there to the intersection
of the Southern and Coast Line
railroads. It was soon decided that
to build a union depot would be impracticable
because of the great cost
of erection. The station of the Atlantic
Coast Line was next inspected,
after which the party assembled
in the directors' room of the Home
Bank of Barnwell to discuss the matter
further. Mai. Richards presided
over the meeting. Col. Calhoun made
a strong plea for better depot accommodations
and was ably seconded
by James E. Davis. Messrs. Williams
and Newell spoke for the railroads.
The former practically promised
that Barnwell would be given a
depot, the exact duplicate of that at
Abbeville, and that it would be
equipped with separate waiting
rooms for white and colored and also
with a room for ladies?hi fact,
modern in every particular. Mr.
Newell in behalf of the Coast Line,
assured the meeting that every effort
would be put forth to have the
road that he represented enlarge and
remodel the present building. Blue
prints of the proposed new building
and improvements on the old are expected
within the next two or three
weeks, and Mr. Hampton personally
assured the meeting that if they are
approved work would be ordered to
commence shortly. It is expected
that the buildings will be completed
by fall.
Proposed Crime to Wrong Man.
Springfield, March 22.?On the
evening train two strangers stopped
off here and in a short time one of
them approached a prominent citizen,
whom he had met in North
Carolina, and proposed that they decoy
the old man who was accompanying
him out into the country
and rob him of about $5,000.
The Springfield citizen had a warrant
sworn out for the man, who
proved to be A. G. Briggs, an alleged
notorious card shark and swindler.
He has only one eye.
The arrest was made by the regular
policeman, assisted by two detectives
who happened to be in town.
On leaving Main street Briggs made
d UlCdli. IU1 11 UCl tj auu coi/ap'&u*
A search of his baggage revealed
18 decks of marked cards, one faro
bank complete, numerous bottles of
strange fluids and blank checks and
drafts from many^ different banks. He
was with Col. Frank C. Kirby of
Mayesville, Ky., and this is the man
he proposed to rob.
Briggs is said to be well known in
Greenville, Sumter, Columbia, Orangeburg
and Charleston, where he
is alleged to have operated.\
The following telegram was discovered
with quite a lot of other papers
in his possession:
"Augusta, Ga., March 14, 1911.
"A. J. Ogburn, care St. Johns Hotel,
Charleston, S. C.
"Had little trouble has K. arrived
must I come planters.
"Ned J. L. C."
Fought Hard to Save Life.
Galena, Kan., March 23.?His
tightly clenched fingers, from which
the flesh had been torn by the frantic
struggles, gave evidence of the
desperate struggle for life of Martin
Fiendt, a zinc miner, here yesterday,
who was drowned in the water at the
bottom of an abandoned mine.
Fiendt climbed down a rope with
Walter Miller into the mine, 100 feet
deep, which they intended to lease.
When the inspection was ended Mil
ler' climbed out but Fiendt was unable
to reach the top, falling back
when half way up. Miller hurrried
for help, but it was 20 minutes before
rescuers arrived. Fiendt had
caught on a projecting ledge of rock,
but had been unable to retain his
hold, falling into the water at the
bottom of the shaft.
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GIRL'S LIFE CRUSHED OUT.
Colored Child Victim of Runaway
Mules in Columbia.
Columbia, March 22.?The life of
little Annie May Harris, a twelveyear-old
colored child, was crushed
out as she was returning from school
to-day, when a runaway team of
mules, drawing a heavy wagon,
struck her body. The accident occurred
before hundreds of people,
who were powerless to come to aid
of the little girl. Her head was
crushed in several places, her neck
broken and her skull fractured,
death coming almost instantly. No
arrests have been made, because of
the explanation of the accident.
A negro boy was left holding two
teams near the Seaboard station, at
about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
The driver had gone into a warehouse
to make an inquiry. A train
backed into a siding nearby. One
of the teams of mules became frightened
and, as the negro boy left in
charge was unable to cope with the
two teams, this one got away. Dashing
down the street to a roadway,
between car tracks, a hundred yards
away, the mules bore down upon Annie
May Harris as she carried her
books homeward. What happened
then sent a shudder through \all.
Coroner Walker announced tonight
that he had made an investigation,
but upon the affidavits being
made in accordance with the
facts as here stated, he ordered no
arrests. The team of mules is owned
by a well-to-do colored man of
this city. ' .
FREED OF PEONAGE CHARGE.
W. T. Hamilton Returns to Home in
\ Hampton County.
Hampton, March 22.?News tvas
received here this morning of the action
of the United States grand jury
at Charleston in finding no hill on
the indictment handed out against
Mr. W. T. Hamilton, a prominent
white citizen- of Hampton county,
who was charged with peonage. It
will be recalled that several months
ago Mr. Hamilton was arrested by
a marshal of the United States government
on the information of a detective
who stayed with Mr. Hamilton
for several days. He was taken
to Orangeburg before a commissioner,
where he waived his right to a
preliminary examination and was
bound over to court.
Dr. Herman Baer Dead.
Tampa, Fla., March 23.?Dr. Herman
Baer* a wealthy phyisician of
Bradentown, formerly of Charleston,
S. C., is believed to have drowned in
Tampa bay some time between Tuesday
afternoon and this morning. He
left Bradentown in his launch for St.
Petersburg Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. When he did not return
Wednesday morning searching parties
went out. The launch was found
three miles from St. Petersburg, but
a small row boat, which was in tow
of the launch was missing. The tow
line was found wrapped around the
launch propeller. The tow boat was
found, sunk, .at Port Tampa, 18
miles from where the launch was ?
found. Dr. Baer's hat was found
floating on the water.
AS FAST FREIGHT.
Magazines Will be Transported by
Mail in Carloads.
Washington, March 26.?Magazines
and other bulky periodicals, after
July 1, will be transported by
the postoffice department in carloads
as fast freight.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is
developing as rapidly as possible a
plan to utilize fast freight in the
transportation of magazines when
practicable and in instances where
a saving to the government in transportation
charges may be effected.
The quadrennial weighing of the
mails in the third contract section of
the country, comprising Ohio, Indiana,
Iillinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, 5
Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri, is now
in progress. By direction of the postmaster
general, given in accordance
with his plans for transporting periodical
mail by fast freight, the
weights of monthly and semi-monthly
periodical mail matter originating
in large publishing centres are being
taken and kept separately from the
weights of other mails. The great
publishing centres are Springfield,
Boston, Mass.; New York Philadelphia
and Chicago.
From July 1 next periodicals that I
can be transported in car load lots by =
fast freight through * the section
weighed without disadvantage in delivery
will be carried in this manner
and paid for at freight rates.
Robbers Steal Stamps.
Estill, March 23.?Robbers entered
the postoffice here last night but
'succeded in carrying away only a
few stamps. They were evidently
only after money and stamps, as the
postoffice is located in a store and
no merchandise has been missed.
There is no clue to the robbers.
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